Ict Trends in Zimbabwe
ICT trends for emerging Zimbabwe - 12 Jan 2012 Mr Atwell Mukusha – President, Computer Society of Zimbabwe (CSZ) and Chairman, Computer Suppliers Association of Zimbabwe (COMSA) 2nd Runner Up Top ICT Businessman of the Year 2011 at ICT Achievers Awards 2011.
The Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector is one of the fastest growing in Zimbabwe. Fuelled by heavy investments, telecommunication infrastructures have improved drastically. Over the past five years, Zimbabweans have embraced ICT innovations fast especially in the mobile telecommunications and in the ICT segments with our teledensity rising to 74%. Zimbabwe’s tele-density rose to 74.7% as 2011 came to a close. Mobile phone subscriber statistics we received from the Post and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) recently show that all mobile phone operators registered an increase in subscribers since the last release of stats in September 2011.
A country’s tele-density measures the number of active mobile phone SIM cards and landlines as a percentage of the country’s total population.
The next wave that will continue to hit Zimbabwe will include new infrastructures such as broadband fibre optic cables and data centres, telecoms added value services and ICT innovations. Here is a review of 2011 and key trends to prepare for 2012.
1. Zimbabwe now officially a new emerging market thanks to ICT demand
Over the past 12 months, there has been continued activity and interest in Zimbabwe despite increasing competition, particularly in mobile markets. For example, we have seen Huawei, ZTE, Liquid Telecom heavily investing in the mobile infrastructure by making key acquisitions in the mobile sector.
The telecoms and internet sectors in Zimbabwe have come out of 2011 with greater confidence but there's that nagging feeling that things will never be the same as they were in the last two years when infrastructure was a hinderance.
2. More telecoms infrastructure investments
2012 will
The Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector is one of the fastest growing in Zimbabwe. Fuelled by heavy investments, telecommunication infrastructures have improved drastically. Over the past five years, Zimbabweans have embraced ICT innovations fast especially in the mobile telecommunications and in the ICT segments with our teledensity rising to 74%. Zimbabwe’s tele-density rose to 74.7% as 2011 came to a close. Mobile phone subscriber statistics we received from the Post and Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) recently show that all mobile phone operators registered an increase in subscribers since the last release of stats in September 2011.
A country’s tele-density measures the number of active mobile phone SIM cards and landlines as a percentage of the country’s total population.
The next wave that will continue to hit Zimbabwe will include new infrastructures such as broadband fibre optic cables and data centres, telecoms added value services and ICT innovations. Here is a review of 2011 and key trends to prepare for 2012.
1. Zimbabwe now officially a new emerging market thanks to ICT demand
Over the past 12 months, there has been continued activity and interest in Zimbabwe despite increasing competition, particularly in mobile markets. For example, we have seen Huawei, ZTE, Liquid Telecom heavily investing in the mobile infrastructure by making key acquisitions in the mobile sector.
The telecoms and internet sectors in Zimbabwe have come out of 2011 with greater confidence but there's that nagging feeling that things will never be the same as they were in the last two years when infrastructure was a hinderance.
2. More telecoms infrastructure investments
2012 will